That's the problem with doing the example by hand in Word instead of cutting from the session. Thanks.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Marshall Lochbaum < [email protected]> wrote: > You also have listed > *:3 4 5 > 9 16 15 > > instead of > 9 16 25 > . > That wouldn't really help your case that J is consistent... > > Marshall > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bo Jacoby > Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 2:49 AM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this > week > > Hi Devon > > That is a very nice presentation! > > Minor details: > > You provide 3 lines of the vocabulary of J on page 2. Why not tell that the > COMPLETE vocabulary is only 41 lines? To me the short language definition > is > an important quality of J. > > It is also very nice that J is accessible without charge. > > You do write the word "compact", but not HOW compact. (192 KB). The > compactness contributes to reliability. > > Elementary examples makes the audience feel comfortable: > 3+3 > 6 > 3*3 > 9 > 3-3 > 0 > 3%3 > 1 > 3^3 > 27 > 27^%3 > 3 > > The advanced stuff is impressiv but not comprehensible to non-J'ers. > > I miss a negative sign "_" in the Newton iteration "close to zero > difference" e_16. > > Good luck! > > Bo > > > --- Den søn 14/11/10 skrev Devon McCormick <[email protected]>: > > > Fra: Devon McCormick <[email protected]> > > Emne: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this week > > Til: "J-programming forum" <[email protected]> > > Dato: søndag 14. november 2010 07.29 > > Hi All - > > > > I've put up a PDF - > > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/DevonMcCormick/LanguageSlapdown > > - of what I'm > > going to present at the Language Slapdown ( > > http://www.meetup.com/Language-Slapdown/) > > on Wednesday. Please feel free to > > take a look and comment. Thanks to everyone in NYCJUG who gave me > > help with this. > > > > Regards, > > > > Devon > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > ^me^ at acm. > > org is my > > preferred e-mail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Devon McCormick, CFA ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
